Sine Plambech is a Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) in Copenhagen. She conducts fieldwork in Nigeria, Thailand, Sicily and Denmark on human trafficking, undocumented migration and women’s migration. She is a former Visiting Professor at Barnard, Columbia University and currently leads the project ‘Women on the Move’ on women’s undocumented migration to Europe for Open Society Foundation. Based on her research she is behind six films, among them her latest Heartbound (2018) awarded by the American Anthropological Associations for Best Feature and the Royal Anthropological Institutes Richard Werbner Award. Follow her on Twitter @sineplambech.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryMoving forward: life after traffickingWhat happens after someone ‘stops’ being trafficked?
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryWhat happens after victims of trafficking return to Nigeria?States are increasingly relying on ‘assisted voluntary return’ to control migration, but the way those programmes...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryThe Sexelance: red lights on wheelsA converted ambulance, the Sexelance is a mobile sex clinic offering harm reduction to the street sex workers of Copenhagen.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryMy body is my piece of landStories of migrant sex workers often cast human smugglers as the villains, yet the biggest evil many migrants face...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryDrowning mothersAs refugees try to cross the Mediterranean Sea - women are more likely to drown.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryHuman smugglers roundtable: Sine PlambechWhen happiness is a daughter in Europe, anti-trafficking policies don’t save you.